Why do people run dogs in this heat?

**Snowbird** · 08-09-2009, 12:23 PM

It is now 1pm and I just happened to look out my front window. I couldn't believe my eyes. A woman had her large dog ( I believe it was a pit bull) tied to the handlebar of her bicycle running it as fast as it would go. She was not peddling the bike so the dog was doing all the work. WHY???

**Graygleam** · 08-09-2009, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by Snowbird

It is now 1pm and I just happened to look out my front window. I couldn't believe my eyes. A woman had her large dog ( I believe it was a pit bull) tied to the handlebar of her bicycle running it as fast as it would go. She was not peddling the bike so the dog was doing all the work. WHY???

Prove positive of my theory that there are more horses' butts than there are horses.

**blue adept** · 08-10-2009, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by Snowbird

It is now 1pm and I just happened to look out my front window. I couldn't believe my eyes. A woman had her large dog ( I believe it was a pit bull) tied to the handlebar of her bicycle running it as fast as it would go. She was not peddling the bike so the dog was doing all the work. WHY???

Maybe, just maybe, she was trying to work off some of the energy these large dogs can have?Working dogs can and do work very hard in hot weather. As long as they are given plenty of water, and looked after, I have no problem. In fact, letting them run, is much better than leaving them in a hot car!

**nathandiehl** · 08-10-2009, 09:13 AM

I have been known to go for a 6-7 mile run in the heat of the day.
As long as I'm hydrated before (and re-hydrate after), I've never had any problem.

If I'll do it to myself, you better believe I'll do it to a dog (especially if that dog willingly drags me along).

**LuciusBeebe** · 08-22-2009, 02:03 PM

Dogs have been running in the heat for as long as there have been dogs.

**TheBigB** · 08-22-2009, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by LuciusBeebe

Dogs have been running in the heat for as long as there have been dogs.

And this is such earth shattering news it was worth reviving a 2-week old thread?

**LuciusBeebe** · 08-22-2009, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by TheBigB

And this is such earth shattering news it was worth reviving a 2-week old thread?

Feel better?

**TheBigB** · 08-22-2009, 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by LuciusBeebe

Feel better?

If would have been just about any poster on the board, I wouldn't have bothered asking. But, since you asked, no I don't feel better. I'll feel better when I know why you revived a dead thread. I feel like there is something I am missing here.

**JoeHooker** · 08-22-2009, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by Snowbird

It is now 1pm and I just happened to look out my front window. I couldn't believe my eyes. A woman had her large dog ( I believe it was a pit bull) tied to the handlebar of her bicycle running it as fast as it would go. She was not peddling the bike so the dog was doing all the work. WHY???

I've given up asking why folks do the things they do with their animals. Most of the times that I have asked, the answer made me feel pretty stupid. It seems like no matter how strange it might seem to me, most folks take pretty good care of their pets. So, unless it's real plainly some sort of drastic abuse, I mind my own business on this one.
Joe

**LuciusBeebe** · 08-23-2009, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by TheBigB

I'll feel better when I know why you revived a dead thread. I feel like there is something I am missing here.

Because it was marked as unread in my cue, alright? I scrolled down the main page, saw this one standing out, clicked, and read. I didn't even notice the date.

**TheBigB** · 08-23-2009, 01:11 PM

Originally Posted by LuciusBeebe

Because it was marked as unread in my cue, alright? I scrolled down the main page, saw this one standing out, clicked, and read. I didn't even notice the date.

Thank you. Now I can go on with my day, which will most likely involve me seeing dogs out running (albeit in mid-70s temperatures).